Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2019

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 9907 of July 1, 2019

Pledge to America's Workers Month, 2019

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This month, we celebrate Pledge to America's Workers
Month. Last year, I signed an Executive Order
establishing the President's National Council for the
American Worker. The Council, made up of 14 Federal
agencies, is charged with developing a national
strategy for training and reskilling workers for high-
demand occupations and the industries of the future.
The Federal Government, however, cannot do it alone.
That is why we also launched the Pledge to America's
Workers, a call-to-action for States and the private
sector to create new education and training
opportunities to better serve the American worker and
encourage private investment in workforce development.
As of today, a strong bipartisan majority of our
Nation's Governors and more than 280 companies and
associations have signed the Pledge, committing to
create nearly 10 million enhanced career and training
opportunities for America's workforce. On this
inaugural Pledge to America's Workers Month, my
Administration calls on more States and employers, both
large and small, to sign the Pledge to strengthen the
economy and ensure one of America's greatest assets--
its workforce--is prepared for the jobs of today and
tomorrow.

As President, I have worked to revitalize our country's
economy and usher in a new era of American prosperity.
Since taking office, 5.4 million jobs have been added
to our Nation's economy. This year, wage growth hit its
fastest pace in a decade, boosting the buying power of
American workers. My Administration has unleashed an
economic expansion that has brought a record number of
Americans back into the labor market. Not only has the
national unemployment rate dropped to 3.6 percent, the
lowest rate in half a century, but unemployment has
reached historic lows among minorities, veterans, and
individuals with disabilities. In May, a record 75
percent of people who started that work had been out of
the labor force the previous month rather than
unemployed. In other words, we are bringing more people
off the sidelines and into the labor force than ever
before. We are striving for and achieving inclusive
growth, so that all Americans, especially those who
have been marginalized, can find meaningful work and
the training needed to fill vacant jobs.

Our country's flourishing job market also poses
exciting new opportunities. In each of the past 14
months, the United States has had more job openings
than job seekers, meaning there remains room for even
more Americans to enter the labor force. My
Administration stands ready to help American workers
gain the skills needed to fill the approximately 7.4
million open jobs. That is why last month, the
Department of Labor launched the new Industry-
Recognized Apprenticeship pathway, encouraging
companies to offer on-the-job training in new,
emerging, and high-growth sectors of our economy.

Throughout Pledge to America's Workers Month, we
applaud the States, employers, and associations who
have signed the Pledge. And we encourage those that
have not yet signed the Pledge to do so and commit to
new education and training opportunities over the next
5 years. Together, with

the industrious spirit of the American workforce, we
will build a more prosperous future for all
generations.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim July 2019 as Pledge
to America's Workers Month.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of July, in the year of our Lord two thousand
nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and forty-third.